Vehicle warning system

Abstract

A vehicle warning system includes a detecting portion that is provided on each of a plurality of doors of a vehicle, and detects whether each of the doors is open, including ajar, or closed; a warning portion that warns that one of the doors is open, when it is detected by the detecting portion that at least one of the doors is open; and a storing portion that stores information indicating a door type of the door that was detected as being open by the detecting portion, at a point at which the warnings starts, from among the doors. The warning portion stops the warning and issues an additional warning of a different pattern, according to the door type stored by the storing portion, when any of the doors are opened from a closed state while the warning is being issued.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle warning system comprising:
 a detecting portion that is provided on each of a plurality of doors of a vehicle, and detects whether each of the doors is open, including ajar, or closed;   a warning portion that warns that one of the doors is open, when it is detected by the detecting portion that at least one of the doors is open; and   a storing portion that stores information indicating a door type of the door that is detected as being open by the detecting portion, at a point at which the warnings starts, from among the doors, wherein   the warning portion stops the warning and issues an additional warning of a different pattern, according to the door type stored by the storing portion, when any of the doors are opened from a closed state while the warning is being issued.   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle warning system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the warning portion does not stop the warning when a door that accesses a trunk of the vehicle, from among the doors, is opened from a closed state while the warning is being issued.   
     
     
         3 . The vehicle warning system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the warning system warns that one of the doors is open when a lock operation for the doors has been performed on one of the doors, and at least one of the doors is detected as being open by the detecting portion.   
     
     
         4 . The vehicle warning system according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the warning portion issues the additional warning in a warning pattern corresponding to the door type stored by the storing portion, from among preset warning patterns corresponding to door types of the doors, when the door type stored by the storing portion is just one door type.   
     
     
         5 . The vehicle warning system according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the warning portion issues the additional warning in a warning pattern corresponding to the door type of a door that accesses a trunk of the vehicle, from among the preset warning patterns, when the door type stored by the storing portion is a plurality of door types, and the door type of the door that accesses the trunk is among the door types stored by the storing portion.   
     
     
         6 . The vehicle warning system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the warning portion does not perform the additional warning when the number of door types stored by the storing portion is equal to or greater than a predetermined number that is equal to or greater than two, and the door type of the door that accesses the trunk is not among the door types stored by the storing portion.   
     
     
         7 . The vehicle warning system according to  claim 6 , wherein
 the warning portion issues the additional warning in a warning pattern corresponding to the door type of a door positioned on a side opposite the door for which the lock operation has been performed, from among the preset warning patterns, when the door type stored by the storing portion is a plurality of door types, and the number thereof is less than the predetermined number, and the door type of the door that accesses the trunk is not among the door types stored by the storing portion, and the lock operation has been performed for a door provided on a driver side or a passenger side.